ProjectWise is project collaboration software from Bentley Systems designed for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries.[7]

The ability to collaborate has become more and more necessary with an increasingly mobile workforce and in an increasingly globalized world where even smaller companies will have offices and clients positioned all over the world.[8]

Wikipedia is an example of a collaborative editing project on a large scale.[9]

A newly emerging way of sharing and co-authoring computer files through the use of cloud computing, whereby documents are uploaded to a central "cloud" for storage where they can be accessed by others.[10]

cloud computing

A kind of Internet-based computing that provides shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand.[11]

cloud storage

A model of data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools, the physical storage spans multiple servers (and often locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company.[12]

collaborate/collaboration

A purposeful relationship in which all parties strategically choose to cooperate in order to achieve shared or overlapping objectives.[13]

collaborative editing

The practice of groups producing works together through individual contributions[14]

collaborative software

An application software designed to help people involved in a common task to achieve their goals.[15]

comment

Allows reviewers to provide feedback and express opinions without charging the content of the document.[16]

document centric collaboration

A new approach to working together on projects online which puts the document and its contents at the centre of the process.[17]